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===Transportation=== ==== Roads ==== * [[Interstate 75 in Florida|I-75]] β the only freeway in the area, I-75 runs through the mainly inland areas of the City of Venice. * [[U.S. Route 41 in Florida|U.S. 41]] ([[Tamiami Trail]]) β The Major North-South Route through the city. * [[U.S. 41 Bypass]] (Venice Bypass) β Forms a Bypass Loop of Venice Island, and the City of Venice. * [[Florida State Road 681|State Road 681]] β Venice Connector, this road was formerly the southern terminus of Interstate 75 in the early 1980s. * [[County Road 762 (Sarasota County, Florida)|County Road 762]] (Laurel Road) β Runs East-West and connects US-41 to I-75 in the Northern Sections of the city. * [[County Road 765 (Sarasota County, Florida)|County Road 765]] (Jacaranda Boulevard) - Runs North-South, skirting the Western City Limits, connecting I-75 to US-41, southwest of the city. * [[County Road 772 (Sarasota County, Florida)|County Road 772]] (Venice Avenue) β The primary east-west Roadway in the city, CR 762 connects US-41 to US-41 Bypass and Jacaranda Blvd (CR-765). ==== Rail and Air ==== Passenger railroad service, served by the [[Seaboard Coast Line]], last ran to the station in 1971, immediately prior to the [[Amtrak]] assumption of passenger rail operation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasotahistoryalive.com/markers-and-designations/historical-marker/venice-train-depot/ |title=Venice Train Depot | Sarasota History Alive! |access-date=June 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201200149/http://www.sarasotahistoryalive.com/markers-and-designations/historical-marker/venice-train-depot/ |archive-date=February 1, 2014 }}</ref> Previously Venice was one of the Florida destinations of the ''[[Orange Blossom Special (train)|Orange Blossom Special]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.streamlinerschedules.com/concourse/track2/orangeblossom194112.html|title=The Orange Blossom Special β December, 1941 β Streamliner Schedules|first=Eric H.|last=Bowen|access-date=April 4, 2017}}</ref> [[Venice Municipal Airport]] is located {{convert|2|mi|km}} from the central business district and is primarily used by chartered and private jets as well as small personal aircraft.
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